Steel and Stone (Dragonlance: The Meetings Sextet, Vol. 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Ellen Porath (Author) "THE SCREAM SHREDDED THE NIGHT LIKE A BROADaxe cleaves the head of an ogre..." (more)
Key Phrases: ice jewels, walrus men, lady mage, Darken Wood, Ice Folk, Caven Mackid (more...)

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Product Description
Hate At First Sight

The tempestuous affair of Kitiara Uth Matar and Tanis Half-Elven begins with the sword.

Life isn't simple for the hotheaded pair. They must contend with a carnivorous, two-headed troll; a deposed leader who believes Kitiara is the cause of the ruler's troubles; a vindictive mage who seeks peculiar vengeance; and Kit's hulking former lover. They also meet a beautiful magic-user hiding a painful secret, and a giant owl with a sardonic sense of humor.

Here is the long-awaited story of the meeting of Tanis and Kitiara, a tale of love, lust, betrayal, and revenge that takes the reader through Krynn and south to the glacial Icereach.

Ellen Porath, co-author of Kindred Spirits, tells this exciting new tale, the fifth in the Dragonlance Saga Meetings Sextet.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 311 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (September 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560763396
• ISBN-13: 978-1560763390
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,906 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but lacking, November 10, 1999

By A Customer

I'll admit it, I'm a Kit fan, one of the few from what I can tell. Anyway, I really liked this book for the insight it gave into Kitiara and Tanis's relationship, but I don't feel that it went into enough depth. That was really dissapointing. It also confuses the time frame of Steel's conception. Don't let this book through that out of wack for you. Its a good book, but it really isn't in line with the other books very well.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent, but..., April 5, 2001

By A Customer

This is definitely better than Oath and Measure, so if you're reading the Meetings Sextet in order then at least things improve. The meeting between Tanis and Kitiara is VERY lacking in drama--they simply fall into each others arms in a mixture of battle and unexpected lust. This should have been handled much more carefully.

The non-Chronicles characters are extremely enjoyable in the sense that they add a depth to the novel and allow it to be an original story. However, the plot itself isn't very complex--a bad guy wants power, yawn. Also, there are almost too many other characters--I felt like the dynamic between the two mages could have been its own novel, but Ellen was "forced" to write about Tanis and Kit instead. As a result, neither relationship is developed appropriately.

Still, a decent read with good characters in a great realm.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not very exciting, March 30, 2003

By	"roddymccorley" (MD) - See all my reviews

Tanis should have known better than to have gotten involved with Kitiara Uth Matar, but he did, and this book tells the tale of how all this gets worked out. And of course there is another man involved with Kitiara. And there's fighting. And some backstabbing. And a strange trip to Icereach. This book was okay. Not the best in the Meetings Sextet. Read it if you like the characters involved. A little of the plot becomes important later on in the Dragonlance Series. It might be interesting to know the background details from this book.